Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people become more psychologically adaptable. ACT encourages you to be more fully in the present. Accepting your deep emotions, traumas, or negative coping mechanisms is key in this therapeutic approach.
ACT maintains that to adapt and grow, a person must fully accept themselves as they are. Therapists practicing ACT believe that suppressing or ignoring painful emotions or experiences is counter-productive to growth and change.
You must investigate your current patterns of thinking to change. After examining these patterns, you can better understand the way your thinking impacts you. This acceptance of your patterns and habits helps you change your behaviors.
Trying to stop ways of thinking can be detrimental to ACT. Your therapist will help you understand how and why you think a certain way. Your ACT therapist will encourage you to accept yourself within a given moment. This acceptance is ultimately the catalyst for change.
After fostering the acceptance of the present moment, with all its thoughts, beliefs, and experiences, your ACT therapist will encourage you to develop a new, more compassionate relationship with your experience.
Individuals experiencing a wide range of psychological issues can benefit from ACT because it emphasizes their unique relationship with their problems.
Sometimes making a change in our lives is more complicated than simply "trying our best." I work with clients to uncover their own strengths, and to regain power over the areas of life that feel overwhelming or out of control. My energy is warm and friendly, and past clients have appreciated the chance to explore difficult content in a non-judgmental environment. I treat individuals with PTSD a...
Throughout my experience as a psychotherapist I continue to see that mindful attention to our inner life yields healing and the ability to free ourselves from suffering. I'm committed to working with each individual's past and present experiences in order to understand the unique way each client interacts with themselves and the world around them. It is through this process of understanding and...
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All of us experience some confusion, anxiety, sadness, or conflict periodically, but if daily life becomes characterized by those feelings, something about life is out of balance. Do you feel stuck in a relationship or job, or troubled with negative, or fearful thoughts that won't go away? Sometimes we can loose a sense of hopefulness and pleasure about life. Perhaps we experienced a recent or ...
Terry Teipner, MS, LPC, LMFT-IT has a Master's Degree in Counseling (Clinical Mental Health emphasis) and a Bachelor's Degree in Social Work. I am a member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy. I utilize research based approaches in working with adults, children and families including person centered therapy, family systems therapy, solution focused therapy and cognitive...
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It is my privelage to be able to meet with individuals and provide a safe and calm environment where they are able to express their needs and values. I have been a social worker in Iowa City for eleven years, providing private practice counseling for five years. I am trained to help clients who struggle with anxiety, depression, trauma, and those coping with life stressors. I enjoy working with...
I am a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, specializing in the treatment of children, adolescents and families. I practice from a person centered approach, with the goal of creating safety, connection and healing with you and your family. My experience and passion is in helping those who experience trauma, depression, anxiety, emotional disturbance and family discord. Seeking help takes...
